Little Jedi
Slow synchro flash + light saber toy = one very happy four-year-old.
Don’t Look Now….
... But I think I found my wedding dress! It's not super pouffy, but it's a lot pouffier than I thought I wanted. It also has pickups, which I swore…
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Book Report Friday: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
It's funny, I was already planning on writing a review of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. And then I got an email from amazon.com saying it was…
Dognappers!
On Monday afternoon, my new coworker (L) and I took a trip to Southie to drop off some donated computers at the Boys and Girls Club there. (Altruism + field…
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Happy 75% Off Candy Day!
So, Halloween happened. I knew that every other girl was going to dress like Snooki this year, but I also didn't really care. I wanted an excuse to paint my…
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The Human Spirit Has Some Endurance
Note: Thank you all so so so so so so so much for all of the donations, tweets, facebookings and offers to help me bake cookies in support of PAWS…
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Gracie: A Primer. A Plea. A Giveaway.
This is Gracie. Gracie is our (adorable!) Siberian Husky that we adopted last year from PAWS New England. Gracie was rescued from a shelter in Tennessee that has an astounding…
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Book Report Friday: Never Let Me Go (Spoilers!)
Ok, let me preface this by saying that if you are somehow unaware of the big "secret" in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and you have no wish to…
Allison and Dustin’s Wedding
A month later, Allison and Dustin's wedding is starting to feel like a bit of a blur. (Obvious metaphor is obvious). The photos definitely help in jogging my memory, but…
The Post I Wanted to Write
A couple of weeks ago, my physical therapist pronounced me to be, if not healed, at least something approaching healed. She said to try to run a little and that…